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CVE-2012-4439

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4439 describes a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Jenkins, affecting versions main before 1.482 and LTS before 1.466.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through a specially crafted URL. Rated as Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.1, it requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.466.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
< 1.482CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0185 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreFixed in: 1.466.2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreFixed in: 1.482
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Enterprise 1Fixed in: jenkins

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-x97g-3gp9-cf2pmedium

Jenkins allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Crafted URL

Apr 23, 2022
redhatCVE-2012-4439Moderate

Jenkins: core allows XSS

Sep 17, 2012

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2012-4439
Third Party Advisory
cloudbees.com / jenkins-security-advisory-2012-09-17
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/09/21/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory